Understanding Cairo : the logic of a city out of control /: the logic of a city out of control. (2010)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Understanding Cairo : the logic of a city out of control /: the logic of a city out of control. (2010)
- Main Title:
- Understanding Cairo : the logic of a city out of control
- Further Information:
- Note: David Sims ; with a foreword by Janet Abu-Lughod.
- Authors:
- Sims, David
- Other Names:
- Abu-Lughod, Janet L contributor.
- Contents:
- Imaging Cairo -- Cairo is Egypt and Egypt is Cairo -- A history of modern Cairo : three cities in one -- Informal Cairo triumphant -- Housing real and speculative -- The desert city today -- Working in the city -- City on the move : a complementary informality? -- Governing Cairo -- Summing up : serendipity? -- Postscript: revolutionary Cairo one year on.
- Publisher Details:
- Cairo New York : The American University in Cairo Press
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Copyright Date:
- 2010
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (364 pages), illustrations, maps, plans
- Subjects:
- 916.216
Urbanization -- Egypt -- Cairo
Sociology, Urban -- Egypt -- Cairo
City planning -- Egypt -- Cairo
Cairo (Egypt) -- Description and travel
City planning -- Egypt -- Cairo
Sociology, Urban -- Egypt -- Cairo
Urbanization -- Egypt -- Cairo
TRAVEL -- Africa -- General
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
City planning
Sociology, Urban
Travel
Urbanization
Cairo (Egypt) -- Description and travel
Egypt -- Cairo
Electronic books
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781617975059
1617975052
9781617973888
1617973882 - Related ISBNs:
- 9789774165535
9774165535 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.117153
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